Materials
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2025
·Vol. 18
·期 11
·2495
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IF 3.2
Haosheng Lan,Yi Zhang,Le Ding,Xin Li,Zhanhong Zhao,Yansen Qu,Yingjie Xia,Xinghua Chang
Electrocatalytic nitrate reduction to ammonia (ENRA) presents a promising strategy for simultaneous environmental remediation and sustainable ammonia synthesis. In this work, a Cu–Co bimetallic catalyst supported on functionalized reduced graphene oxide (RGO) was systematically designed to achieve efficient and selective ammonia production. Surface oxygen functional groups on graphene oxide (GO) were optimized through alkaline hydrothermal treatments, enhancing the anchoring capacity for metal active sites. Characterization indicated the successful formation of uniform Cu–Co bimetallic heterointerfaces comprising metallic and oxide phases, which significantly improved catalyst stability and performance. Among the studied compositions, Cu6Co4/RGO exhibited superior catalytic activity, achieving a remarkable ammonia selectivity of 99.86% and a Faradaic efficiency of 96.54% at −0.6 V (vs. RHE). Long-term electrocatalysis demonstrated excellent durability, with over 90% Faradaic efficiency maintained for ammonia production after 20 h of operation. In situ FTIR analysis revealed that introducing Co effectively promoted water dissociation, facilitating hydrogen generation (*H) and accelerating the transformation of nitrate intermediates. This work offers valuable mechanistic insights and paves the way for the design of highly efficient bimetallic electrocatalysts for nitrate reduction and ammonia electrosynthesis.
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TRANSACTIONS OF TIANJIN UNIVERSITY
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2025
·Vol. 31
·期 2
·65-73
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Dong Shengbin,Liu Qi,Gu Haoyuan,Wu Haoran,He Jing,Li Didi,Zhu Minghui
Carbon monoxide (CO) oxidation is crucial for pollutant removal and hydrogen purification. In recent years, copper–cerium (Cu–Ce)-mixed oxide catalysts have attracted significant attention due to their excellent activity and stability in CO oxidation. This study presents an innovative, environmentally friendly electrosynthesis method for producing stable, structured Cu–Ce catalysts in mesh form. This approach addresses the limitations of traditional pellet catalysts, such as fragility and poor thermal conductivity. The results demonstrated that incorporating cerium (Ce) enhanced the catalytic activity for CO oxidation threefold. A series of in situ characterizations revealed that the introduction of Ce led to the formation of a Cu–Ce mixed oxide solid solution, which significantly improved catalytic performance. Furthermore, higher pretreatment temperatures facilitated the decomposition of Ce compounds (nitrate and hydroxide), which promotes the formation of Cu–Ce solid solutions and increases the concentration of active intermediate species (Cu + ‒CO) during the reaction. This process ultimately enhanced the catalyst’s activity.
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ACS Applied Nano Materials
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2025
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Sajid Ali,Xingwen Cha,Jinxin He,Muhammad Ubaid Ali,Muhammad Junaid Aslam,Songbo Chen,Kok Bing Tan,Guowu Zhan
Tunable electronic properties of supported Cu/CeO2 catalysts are critical for improving the active site activity in catalysis. In this contribution, we propose a surface engineering protocol that utilizes unique ascorbic acid (AA) properties to generate surface defects and modify the electronic properties of Cu–Ce catalysts. This approach relies on forming abundant (Ce3+-Ov) defective sites on the CeO2 surface synthesized with a Ce-benzene-tricarboxylate metal–organic framework (MOF) as a precursor through AA adsorption. Subsequently, Cu sites can be effectively anchored onto the generated Ce3+-Ov, exhibiting excellent electronic transfer between (Ce3+-Ov/Ce4+ ↔ Cu2+/Cu+) CuCe, resulting in highly active Cu+ with well-balanced Ce3+-Ov defects. A high fraction of Cu+ with Ce3+-Ov was dedicated to the presence of AA. The resultant Cu/AA-MOF-CeO2 catalyst demonstrated outstanding performance toward CO oxidation (90–95 °C), being far superior to that of the conventionally prepared Cu/MOF-CeO2 catalyst (110–115 °C). In-depth characterizations confirmed that the remarkable performance was considerably related to the enhanced Cu–Ce interaction, enriched Cu+ active sites, and balanced Ce3+-Ov defects. This work highlights the potential of the Cu/AA-MOF-CeO2 catalyst as a sustainable solution for low-temperature catalytic CO oxidation reaction.
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PROCESS SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
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2025
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Qingling Meng,Kaicheng Sun,Chongrui Zhang,Zhao Wen,Mengmeng Wang,Zijian Wang
s The environmental transport of antibiotics is influenced by their chemical properties and environmental conditions, with graphene oxide (GO) acting as a pollutant carrier that alters their behavior. This study investigated the transport mechanisms of sulfamethoxazole (SMX) and tetracycline (TC) across pH 5.0–9.0, humic acid (HA) concentrations of 0–10 mg L −1 , and a range of GO concentrations, using quartz sand columns, batch experiments, and modeling. TC exhibited strong adsorption in fine sand (max 44.5 mg kg −1 ) via carboxyl complexation and electrostatic attraction, while SMX showed high mobility due to hydrophilicity and weak polarity. Elevated pH enhanced TC migration by weakening adsorption through electrostatic repulsion but had little effect on SMX. HA promoted TC migration via complexation but had minimal impact on SMX. GO significantly enhanced TC migration (up to 42.9 % at 30 mg L −1 GO) by providing adsorption sites, while both antibiotics facilitated GO dispersion by altering its surface charge. Alkaline conditions accelerated TC-GO migration via electrostatic repulsion, whereas acidic conditions strengthened SMX-GO interactions. Fine sand inhibited TC-GO transport via pore clogging, while HA further promoted co-transport. These findings elucidate how antibiotic properties and GO-related environmental factors jointly regulate pollutant transport, aiding groundwater-soil contamination control.
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SENSORS AND ACTUATORS B-CHEMICAL
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2024
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Zhiguo Yang,Xingtai Chen,Qiuying Chen,Jiayi Qu,Yujun Guo,Kaiwen Zhou,Tianren Wang,Davoud Dastan,Xiaoning Wang,Feifei Wang,Xiaoming Tan,Xi-Tao Yin,Xiaoguang Ma
In this work, In 2 O 3 nanospheres were synthesized using urea as a carbon template and modified with Co ions. The synthesized materials were characterized using various instruments to obtain information about the elemental composition and morphology of the materials. The results showed that Co ions replaced the lattice position of In ions and synthesized nanospheres aggregated from 20 nm particles. The results of gas sensitivity tests on all the samples showed that the response to 50 ppm n-butanol at 250 °C reached 540 when Co was doped up to 5 at%. In comparison, the sensor showed very low response to benzene gas with good selectivity. The high response of the sensor to n-butanol is due to the increase in vacancy oxygen content and redox reactions due to the multivalent nature of Co ions. The article concludes with a detailed analysis of the sensing mechanism.
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CATALYSIS COMMUNICATIONS
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2019
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Xiulun Sun,Xinjie Liu,Rongmei Liu,Xueying Sun,Anran Li,Wen Li
We reported a new and facile synthesis route to prepare polyaniline (PANI) nanowire@Co-Fe LDHs nanosheets in two steps. The PANI@Co-Fe LDHs has excellent OER activity with a small overpotential of 261 mV at the current density of 10 mA·cm −2 and a small Tafel slope of 67.85 mV·dec −1 . The PANI@Co-Fe LDHs also has long-term performance and stability. The excellent electrocatalytic performance of the catalyst depends on the good electrical conductivity of PANI and the effect of the two-dimensional (2D) layered structure of Co-Fe LDHs. The work opens a new application for energy storage and conversion.
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2023
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Zhixin Li,Yan Zhang,Qianqian Yang,Jindong Wu,Zhi Ren,Fengzhan Si,Jing Zhao,Jiean Chen
Hydrogen is one of the most promising future energy sources due to its highly efficient energy storage and carbon-free features. However, the energy input required for a hydrogen production protocol is an essential factor affecting its widespread adoption. Water electrolysis for hydrogen production currently serves a vital role in the industrial field, but the high overpotential of the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) dramatically impedes its practical application. The formaldehyde oxidation reaction (FOR) has emerged as a more thermodynamically favorable alternative, and the innovation of compatible electrodes may steer the direction of technological evolution. We have designed Au-Vo-NiO/CC as a catalyst that triggers the electrocatalytic oxidation of formaldehyde, efficiently producing H 2 at the ultra-low potential of 0.47 V (vs. RHE) and maintaining long-term stability. Integrated with the cathodic hydrogen evolution reaction (HER), this bipolar H 2 production protocol achieves a nearly 100% Faraday efficiency (FE).
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SURFACE & COATINGS TECHNOLOGY
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2024
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Naiwen Liang,Yangfan Li,Yutong Meng,Fan Zhang,Wenqiang Zhu,Jiang Yin,Yahui Yang,Hui Wang,Lishan Yang
Silicon (Si)-based materials have been identified as next-generation preferred anode materials owing to their ultra-high specific capacity, environmental friendliness and low price. However, the defects in Si-based materials ( e.g., the large volume change with unstable solid electrolyte interface during repeated lithiation/delithiation processes and low intrinsic conductivity), will significantly destroy the integrity of electrode structure and get slow dynamic performance, resulting in a fast capacity fading. Herein, we prepared various silicon‑aluminum‑copper dendrites (named SCD-1/2/3) via a two-step displacement dealloying process, which was devoted to simultaneously improving structural instability, low ionic/electronic conductivity of Si crystals. Therefore, the SCD-2 anode possessed an initial Coulombic efficiency of 80 % and exhibited a superior capacity of 1851.7 mA h g −1 at 1 A g −1 after 100 cycles. This paper provides a simple method to gain the Si anodes with high initial Coulombic efficiency, relieved volume expansion and long cycling life.
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JOURNAL OF LUMINESCENCE
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2024
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Jingshan Hou,Jie Shi,Langping Dong,Jianghua Wu,Ganghua Zhang,Haijie Chen,Wei Gao,Yongzheng Fang
The discovery of pure-red emitting phosphor is great meaningful for the achievement of high color rendering index white light emitting diodes , but still a challenge due to the strict crystal field limitations. In this work, we demonstrate the preparation of a 630 nm pure-red emitting Ca 3 Si 2 O 7 :Eu 2+ phosphor for the first time through a CO reduction strategy. The changes in crystal field strength caused by different methods for the preparation of Ca 3 Si 2 O 7 :Eu 2+ are investigated and discussed based on the understanding of the thermodynamic theory and structure resolution. Finally, a white light-emitting diode with a high color rendering index (Ra = 98) is accomplished by combining the as-prepared Ca 3 Si 2 O 7 :Eu 2+ pure-red emitting phosphor with a 375 nm chip and the commercial used blue and green phosphors. The results also demonstrate the generalizability of the weak reduction strategy for the exploration of “redder” Eu 2+ doped phosphors.
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Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers
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2017
·Vol. 4
·期 11
·1791-1797
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Jiangli Meng,Jiaqi Fu,Xiaoxuan Yang,Meijie Wei,Song Liang,Hong-Ying Zang,Huaqiao Tan,Yonghui Wang,Yangguang Li
The development of stable, highly active and cheap electrocatalysts towards the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) has been an ongoing challenge due to practical problems such as slow kinetics and high overpotential. Herein, we utilized a one-pot hydrothermal method to prepare cobalt/nickel molybdate hierarchical microflowers on conductive carbon cloth (MMoO4-CC, M = Co, Ni) as three-dimensional self-supported electrodes for the oxygen evolution reaction. CoMoO4-CC showed better catalytic activity than NiMoO4-CC. Benefiting from the synergistic effect of a large active area, fast charge and mass transport as well as a three-dimensional conducting path, the CoMoO4-CC nanosheet electrode showed a large current density and a relatively low starting potential, delivering 10 mA cm−2 current densities at an overpotential of 290 mV and a Tafel slope of 94 mV dec−1. Furthermore, the CoMoO4-CC nanomaterial shows better electrocatalytic stability than IrO2-CCa, which could be a promising electrocatalyst for large-scale water oxidation.
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BULLETIN OF MATERIALS SCIENCE
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2015
·Vol. 38
·期 5
·1149-1154
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DENG TIAN,ZHANG CHONGRONG,XIAO YUYUAN,XIE ANRAN,PANG YUE,YANG YANZHAO
The samarium-doped ceria (SDC) nanospheres were prepared by the one-step hydrothermal method and characterized by transmission electron microscope, scanning electron microscope, powder X-ray diffraction, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, energy-dispersive spectrometer and Raman spectra. According to the results, samarium was doped into the lattice successfully. The as-prepared samples were dispersed well and the average diameter was 60 nm. It showed better catalytic performance than pure ceria and the most appropriate concentration of doping was found.
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ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
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2020
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Yangqin Gao,Guoqing Yang,Yanjie Dai,Xuli Li,Jianfeng Gao,Ning Li,Ping Qiu,Lei Ge
Co-substituted LaFeO3 was electrodeposited on the surface of BiVO4 as a co-catalyst to enhance the water splitting performance. Compared to bare BiVO4, the BiVO4/Co-LaFeO3 composite photoanode shows a water oxidation photocurrent of 3.4 mA/cm2 at 1.23 V versus reverse hydrogen electrode, accompanied by a notable cathodic shift in the onset potential for 300 mV. Combined optical and electrochemical characterizations show that the solid/electrolyte charge transfer efficiency of BiVO4 are dramatically improved by the incorporation of Co-substituted LaFeO3. From the surface kinetic study of charge carriers by intensity-modulated photocurrent spectroscopy, a suppressed surface recombination rate constant is observed and the enhanced photoelectrochemical water splitting performance observed in the BiVO4/Co-LaFeO3 photoanode is attributed to the surface passivation effect of Co-substituted LaFeO3.
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